This week on the ETP podcast it is all about gut health and how it affects performance.

Dr Mike T (hey that is me) interviews Dr Michael Ruscio whose knowledge of gut health is amazing. Dr Ruscio is a great friend and my personal doc who I enrolled to get me back on track when I crashed my body post PhD.

Listen in as we discuss:

• Where the friendship began . . . (0:40)

• Professor’s different responses to new information (2:37)

• Seeking support and challenge for hypothesis (4:46)

• Dr. Mike T saw Dr. Mike about gut health after he was burnt out (6:06)

• Dr. Ruscio’s background (6:25)

• Insomnia, depression and brain fog part of digestive issues (8:08)

• Functional and natural medicine updated and researched (11:26)

• Is Dr. Mike T’s journey with gut health the norm of how patients find Dr. Ruscio? (12:53)

• What are common digestive symptoms? (16:02)

• With those symptoms, what kind of follow up? (17:55)

• Is there such thing as over testing in natural medicine? (19:47)

• Is food allergy testing over done?

• Microbiotic testing; what is it? (27:40)

• Pan allergic or parasite (30:15)

• Odds of gluten sensitivity (32:40)

• Sea urchin story; analogy for irritant

• Long term objective is expansion (37:30)

• Stress is a factor in EVERYTHING. (38:40)

• Scaling back training? What? 41:31

• Hormone supports and stress (44:16)

• Bacterial balance similar to GI testing (45:35)

• Probiotics to try (48:27)

• Adrenal support (50:18)

• Top 3 things to do (53:13)

• Diet discussion (55:17)